Service.

Well. I've made a new blog.
This one is going to be a bit different though....

Over the years, I've come to realize that I have quite the passion of serving others, and being able to show them God's love through service. If I could spend all my time doing this, I would in a heart beat. Four mission trips to Lodge Grass, Montana with the youth group, and a mission trip to Guatemala last spring break, I just can't seem to get enough of serving others and showing them God's love.
With that said, I am excited to say that this summer I am going on an adventure; an adventure that I've wanted to go on since the summer of my freshman year of high school. As of a few weeks ago, I achieved and have been given the opportunity to work at my dream job, a missions organization called YouthWorks!. Basically, YouthWorks!' core purpose is to provide life-changing, Christ-centered mission trips to high school students on rural, urban and reservations sites all across the country. Out of over 2000+ applicants, only 300 some get hired, and I just happen to be one of those. The position I have been given is as Program Coordinator, which means that every night at "Club", I give a small take based on the theme that has been picked for the summer and the individual theme that is picked for each night. I also got hired as a guitar player, and my fingers are about ready to fall off from all the practicing I've been doing.

While debating on making this blog, I wanted some way for my family and friends to be able to keep up with me this summer (since texting all the time isn't really an option)  and with all the excited work that will be done, and this just seemed like the best way. As of right now, I don't know where I'll be headed for the summer, which means I don't know if there will be internet or not. I'm hoping that I'll be able to keep this updated after I leave at the end of May, by adding fun pictures of all that we are doing and whatnot (and  of course doing it so my mom knows that I'm not dead). But until I'm  there, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Hopefully within the next few months (probably by the end of April, beginning of May), I will know where I am being sent for training and then where I will be stationed for the summer.

I am so absolutely excited for this summer to start and I feel so incredibly blessed to have this opportunity to come up in my life and I thank God for it all. I am continually praying for the community that I will be placed in, the three other YouthWorks! staff that I will be working with, and for all of the groups that will be joining us each week.